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#AFBDAA

Light Sage · light cool green

About #AFBDAA

With the hex code #AFBDAA, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 69% red, 74% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 4.8 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B8AABD, a thistle shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.68:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red175
Green189
Blue170

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 4.8
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.0
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.8

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #AFBDAA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AFBDAA.
1.97:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AFBDAA.
10.68:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AFBDAA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AFBDAA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BFBAA9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BCB8AB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AFBBB7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AFBDAA?

With the hex code #AFBDAA, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 69% red, 74% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #AFBDAA?

Use black text. Black on #AFBDAA has a contrast ratio of 10.68:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AFBDAA?

Its complementary colour is #B8AABD, and analogous partners are #B9BDAA and #AABDAE.